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Developer of free Adobe clones targets Microsoft Office with open-source alternatives
Original: Creator of free Adobe clones unveils open-source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications — Autodesk tools and other subscription-based services may come next
The developer behind free Adobe software clones has released open-source replications of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and suggests Autodesk tools and other subscription-based services could follow. Tom's Hardware describes the effort as a protest, framing the project as a challenge to subscription pricing models in mainstream productivity and creative software.
Why now: People are reacting to a developer openly cloning expensive subscription software as a form of protest against subscription pricing.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 2 snapshots from 20 min ago to 5 min ago.
Evidence
- Creator of free Adobe clones unveils open-source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications — Autodesk tools and other subscription-based services may come next · Tom's Hardware
It's a protest now.
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